Again, show me an action or comment that says they are unhappy with Perk or the trade.

Have they tried to replace or upgrade him? No (You dont know that)

Have they tried to trade him? No. (Nor do you know this)

Have they complained about him? No. (Not to reporters, this rarely happens with any player)

Have they amnesty him to keep Harden? No. (A lot of people with good basketball minds have said they should have.)

Have they benched him? No. (Only a matter of time.)

Have they praised his leadership? Yes. (Words are pretty cheap when you are backed up by two superstars. Take durant and westbrook away and those words mean very little when you're wallowing in the lottery.)

Have they played better since he got there? Yes. (Give me a statistical reason for Perkins' contribution to this, since you're obviously implying that Perkins is the cause for the better record.)

And take THAT Simmons, lol - looks like your whipping boy IS worth that 40 mil.

Just wait till Doc turns him lose in a starting role...that will be soon. I'm sure the Captain will need some rest soon. The way Jeff Green has played lately, I wouldn't hesitate to start him vs ANYONE in the league, now.

I'm happy for him and BOS. We need that scoring punch and atleticism off the bench, and he's providing that for us.

I hope Green keeps up this play level for the rest of the season and into the playoffs.

Only a matter of time before perkins goes to the bench and collison gets the nod.

Just like it was only a matter of time before the amnesty Perk so they could resign Harden?

Or maybe they will just keep playing the way they have since they made that trade and have had great team success.

How much of a contribution perkins has to that team success is debatable at best.

Can you debate what the Thunder think by their actions and comments?

We don't know what the Thunder are thinking.We do know that Perkins was one of the biggest factors for them losing to the Heat. He just had no place on the court. I mean his defense on Tim Duncan was poor in the Spurs series, they still made it through. He had terrible statistics and they're still paying him 9 million.They had to bench him after 5 minutes each finals game because the Heat repeatedly targeted the big fella.You don't need to know what the Thunder are thinking to realize they would be a better team if they upgraded at Perkins position.He's just useless AND he's being paid 9 million per year.They got the NBA finals with him in the starting center spot-and got buried by the Heat and he had a lot to do with that. I will say that the Heat were a terrible team for Perk to match up against because he couldn't guard anyone on the Heat's small ball line up.

I'll also reiterate that Jeff Green still hasn't proven anything. He's played 4 or 5 good games against some garbage defenders and he's steadily improving but we need a lot more from him. He'll be tested against some decent competition and he's got 75% of the season left to prove himself.

Bottom line is that there is no true winner of this trade until Green plays like this for the rest of the season and playoffs- the heart surgery has set the 'verdict' of this trade back about a year.

Perk has been underwhelming in OKC, but they did make the finals. We've had Jeff Green for 20 games and he's been underwhelming up until the last 5 games.

The jury is still out on this one.

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is it possible to have a thread about jeff green not turn into an analysis of perk? seriously...this is so 2010. jeff's been playing great the past bunch of games, and i think he's finally gotten comfortable with his role = attacking when he's in. if true, that is absolutely awesome. he has the physical and mental attributes to be a really good player, but has always tried to blend in wherever he has played.

is it possible to have a thread about jeff green not turn into an analysis of perk? seriously...this is so 2010. jeff's been playing great the past bunch of games, and i think he's finally gotten comfortable with his role = attacking when he's in. if true, that is absolutely awesome. he has the physical and mental attributes to be a really good player, but has always tried to blend in wherever he has played.

Yeah, I think he is, he will show more constant flashes throughout the season.

And about that idea of PP starting at SG, I'm not buying it because it will create a further gridlock at the 2, even greater when Bradley comes back.

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